List of people executed in the United States in 2005

This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2005. Sixty people were executed in the United States in 2005. Nineteen of them were in the state of Texas. One (Frances Elaine Newton) was female. The states of Connecticut and Maryland carried out their last executions in 2005, with both states having since abolished capital punishment.

List of people executed in the United States in 2005

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 4, 2005 James Scott Porter 33 28 5 Male White Texas Lethal injection
2 January 19, 2005 Donald Jay Beardslee 61 37 24 California
3 January 25, 2005 Troy Albert Kunkle 38 18 20 Texas
4 Timothy Don Carr 34 22 12 Georgia
5 February 17, 2005 Dennis Wayne Bagwell 41 31 10 Texas
6 March 1, 2005 Stephen Anthony Mobley 39 25 14 Georgia
7 March 8, 2005 William Henry Smith 47 29 18 Black Ohio
8 George Anderson Hopper 49 27 22 White Texas
9 March 10, 2005 Donald Ray Wallace Jr. 47 22 25 Indiana
10 March 11, 2005 William Dillard Powell 58 45 13 North Carolina
11 March 15, 2005 Jimmie Ray Slaughter 57 44 Oklahoma
12 March 16, 2005 Stanley L. Hall 37 26 11 Black Missouri
13 April 5, 2005 Glen James Ocha 47 41 6 White Florida
14 April 15, 2005 Richard Longworth 37 22 15 South Carolina
15 April 20, 2005 Douglas Alan Roberts 42 33 9 Texas
16 April 21, 2005 Bill J. Benefiel 48 30 18 Indiana
17 April 27, 2005 Donald Jones 38 26 12 Black Missouri
18 April 28, 2005 Mario Giovanni Centobie 39 32 7 White Alabama
19 May 3, 2005 Lonnie Wayne Pursley 43 35 8 Texas
20 May 6, 2005 Earl J. Richmond Jr. 29 14 Black North Carolina
21 May 12, 2005 George James Miller Jr. 37 27 10 Oklahoma
22 May 13, 2005 Michael Bruce Ross 45 24 21 White Connecticut
23 May 18, 2005 Vernon Brown 51 33 18 Black Missouri
24 Bryan Eric Wolfe 44 31 13 Texas
25 May 19, 2005 Richard Michael Cartwright 31 22 9 White
26 May 25, 2005 Gregory Scott Johnson 40 20 20 Indiana
27 June 2, 2005 Jerry Paul Henderson 58 37 21 Alabama
28 June 7, 2005 Alexander Rey Martinez 28 25 3 Hispanic Texas
29 July 12, 2005 Robert Dale Conklin 44 23 21 White Georgia
30 July 19, 2005 Michael Lannier Pennington 37 14 Black Oklahoma
31 July 27, 2005 Kevin Aaron Conner 40 22 18 White Indiana
32 July 28, 2005 David Aaron Martinez 29 21 8 Hispanic Texas
33 August 4, 2005 George Everette Sibley Jr. 62 51 11 White Alabama
34 August 10, 2005 Gary Lynn Sterling 38 20 18 Black Texas
35 August 11, 2005 Kenneth Eugene Turrentine 52 41 11 Oklahoma
36 August 23, 2005 Robert Alan Shields Jr. 30 19 White Texas
37 August 31, 2005 Timothy Johnston 44 28 16 Missouri
38 September 14, 2005 Frances Elaine Newton 40 21 19 Female Black Texas
39 September 22, 2005 John W. Peoples Jr. 48 26 22 Male White Alabama
40 September 27, 2005 Herman Dale Ashworth 32 23 9 Ohio
41 September 28, 2005 Alan Lehman Matheney 54 38 16 Indiana
42 October 6, 2005 Ronald Ray Howard 32 18 14 Black Texas
43 October 20, 2005 Luis L. Ramirez 42 34 8 Hispanic
44 October 25, 2005 Willie J. "Flip" Williams Jr. 48 14 Black Ohio
45 October 26, 2005 Marlin Gray 38 23 15 Missouri
46 November 3, 2005 Melvin Wayne White 55 47 8 White Texas
47 November 4, 2005 Brian David Steckel 36 25 11 Delaware
48 Hastings Arthur Wise 51 43 8 Black South Carolina
49 November 9, 2005 Charles Daniel Thacker 37 24 13 White Texas
50 November 11, 2005 Steven Van McHone 35 20 15 North Carolina
51 November 15, 2005 Robert Dale Rowell 50 38 12 Texas
52 November 16, 2005 Shannon Charles Thomas 34 22 Black
53 November 18, 2005 Elias Hanna Syriani 67 52 15 Arab North Carolina
54 November 28, 2005 Eric Randall Nance 45 33 12 White Arkansas
55 November 29, 2005 John R. Hicks 49 29 20 Black Ohio
56 December 2, 2005 Kenneth Lee Boyd 57 40 17 White North Carolina
57 Shawn Paul Humphries 34 22 12 South Carolina
58 December 5, 2005 Wesley Eugene Baker 47 33 14 Black Maryland
59 December 13, 2005 Stanley Tookie Williams III 51 25 26 California
60 December 14, 2005 John B. Nixon Sr. 77 56 21 White Mississippi
Average: 44 years 30 years 14 years

Demographics

Gender
Male 59 98%
Female 1 2%
Ethnicity
White 37 62%
Black 19 32%
Hispanic 3 5%
Arab 1 2%
State
Texas 19 32%
Indiana 5 8%
Missouri 5 8%
North Carolina 5 8%
Alabama 4 7%
Ohio 4 7%
Oklahoma 4 7%
Georgia 3 5%
South Carolina 3 5%
California 2 3%
Arkansas 1 2%
Connecticut 1 2%
Delaware 1 2%
Florida 1 2%
Maryland 1 2%
Mississippi 1 2%
Method
Lethal injection 60 100%
Month
January 4 7%
February 1 2%
March 7 12%
April 6 10%
May 8 13%
June 2 3%
July 4 7%
August 5 8%
September 4 7%
October 4 7%
November 10 17%
December 5 8%
Age
20–29 2 3%
30–39 21 35%
40–49 22 37%
50–59 11 18%
60–69 3 5%
70–79 1 2%
Total 60 100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2006 53
2005 60
2004 59
Total 172

See also